Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Hardware/Electronics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 1384, which is 23.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Hardware/Electronics industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common countries among top VCs are The United Kingdom and France. They host 4 VCs each. There are also funds from Switzerland and Sweden. There is an equal amount of VCs in Paris and London which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Zürich and Stockholm. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Switzerland, and France. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
  • Industry Focus - The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Gamification and Autonomous Vehicles.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 and the newest one in 2015. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Funds equally often participate in 13 - 24, 24, 7 - 12, and in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 175.7 while median is 146.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 5 and maximum is 188. Average amount of lead investments is 65.0 while median is 39.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 15. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -34.3 and 24.45 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.05 and the median is 0.43. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 - 3, 1 - 2 or 3 - 4 investors more often than 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 - 5 million, 10 - 50 million and 100 thousands - 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.02 at minimum and 0.63 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.16 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.03.